U.n. Appeals For Cash To Aid Starving Ethiopians

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April 11, 1998

NAIROBI, KENYA — The United Nations is appealing for donations to buy urgently needed food for hundreds of thousands of Ethiopians hit by drought and a poor harvest. The U.N. World Food Program said in a statement issued Thursday that 60,000 tons of food are needed to feed 800,000 people in eastern and central Ethiopia. So far, only Japan has responded to the appeal with a pledge of $880,000, which will buy 2,500 tons of food.